Dear Past, Present, & Day after Tomorrow selves– never forget this rule to the game.
My sister once called me Peter Pan during an argument (it was meant to be an insult), but has since become a moniker I really connect with.
Because all there really is to do, is play.
See, we’ve got these backwards instinctual habits as human beings. One of them being when we dislike things, we put up figurative walls– crawl away into our minds daydreams, and put the not-so-ideal moment on autopilot.
I did this a lot.
In fact, it was my go-to videogame in childhood. While my peers engaged with screens, I unlocked the gates to Neverland through an overactive imagination.
The habit I developed was cheating on the present.
I always daydreamed.
We’ve all got mind movies of how we see ourselves and how we want life to play out, but I was so content with mine– I said no to a lot of life.
Convinced the regular wasn’t for me, I withdrew. And the result?
I was always bored, unhappy, and alone.
But lucky for me, it eventually clicked. It clicked after the compound interest from all the life lessons kicked in and I finally got it.
Life is literally what you make it.
You can change how you approach the game at any moment, and when I finally realized that, not intellectually, but actually, everything changed… because I did.
I don’t care to be some cool and composed individual who takes things seriously, that’s a waste of life for me.
I’m only interested in LEANING into every moment, as much as possible.
To do that, you have to let go of a lot of the beliefs you hold onto. It isn’t easy, but there isn’t another way.
Free of your rigid, adult thoughts, you’ll be able to play.
And every moment of your life will be more.
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